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NHS spends £300,000 on US exchange

The NHS is spending nearly £300,000 on an exchange programme with the US Veteran’s Health Administration to investigate its use
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Genomics England to manage data-linkage

The government has created a new organisation to work on a project to sequence 100,000 genomes and link these to
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CCGs cannot fulfil duties without PCD

Clinical commissioners have written to NHS England saying they cannot carry out their statutory duties because of issues around processing
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Clinisys sold to private equity firm

Laboratory information systems company CliniSys has been sold by ECI Partners to a private equity firm with a 250% return
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5 Boroughs buys RiO

5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract to CSE for its RiO clinical information system.
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Microsoft helps clamp down on fake meds

A Europe-wide system for clamping down on counterfeit medicines moved a step closer this week with the selection of Microsoft
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Bristol gets TotalMobile

Bristol Community Health hopes to make significant efficiency improvements using an app platform from TotalMobile.
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Telehealth doesn’t improve self care

Telehealth does not improve patients’ self-care behaviour, an evaluation of the Whole System Demonstrator programme reveals.
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Aristotle delivers BI

Eight clinical commissioning groups are trialling a new business intelligence portal from NHS Staffordshire and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit.
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Oxford pilots decision support

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is piloting electronic ordering linked with decision support to reduce inappropriate use of blood products.
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